From darkness to light 16th February, 2021 10:02:46 On January 10, 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman touched the soil of independent Bangladesh. He returned to the land he loved from the core of his heart after nine months of captivity in Pakistan’s jail, which had seemed to him like centuries. He was back to his people for whom he had been prepared to give his life. Naturally, his homecoming was immersed in unfathomable emotions for both Bangabandhu and his beloved people. He was freed on January 8, 1972 by Bhutto under huge pressure from the international community and, of course, India. By then independent Bangladesh was already born, as the Pakistani occupation army had surrendered to the joint forces of Mukti Bahini (Freedom Fighters of Bangladesh) and the Indian armed forces on December 16, 1972. However, this victory was still incomplete to the Bengalis as the Father of the Nation was not amongst them. The Victory Day was certainly joyful but also somber.